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Fresh Taps: June 11th – June 17th (2014)

Welcome to Fresh Taps. Each week Shea collects the most promising lineup of new and returning beers available by the glass hitting taprooms and tasting rooms all over the state.

Photo Credit: River North Brewery’s blog

And I’m back! Although a week in Mexico might sound nice, it’s a place that lacks tasty brews. It’s great to be back in the land of amazing beers, and amazing beers we certainly have this week! Plenty of special releases and tap takeovers, such as the release of River North’s Oud Bruin and some unique Upslope tappings at Front Range BBQ. So get out there and celebrate what this great state has to offer!

Shea’s Spotlight Tappings

Each week I’ll pick a few tappings that catch my eye, and taste buds.

River North Brewery is at it again this weekend with the release of their Oud Bruin, a dark sour aged 20 months in a barrel. That’s right, it has taken nearly two years to make this special brew. Stop by on Saturday at 1 p.m. to have it on draft and by a bottle (or purchase additional for cellaring).

Photo Credit: OMF’s Facebook page

Like rye beers? Well there’s no style that has more rye than the Roggenbier, and Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew (in collaboration with Renegade Brewing) just so happens to be releasing one this Friday at 6 p.m. Swing by and try this earthy spicy brew that resembles a Dunkelweizen but made with rye.

The Smuggled Taps
(Recently Tapped Brews I Missed)

Brewery/Pub

City

Beer

Occasion

Details

Sanitas Brewing

Boulder

Apricot Saison

Verboten Brewing

Loveland

Killer Boots Caramel Porter

This Week’s Tappings

Brewery/Pub

City

Beer

Occasion

Details

Day

Date

Time

Front Range BBQ

Colorado Springs

Left Hand Brewing:

Safety Round 3 American Pale Ale

Hopfenweiss

Milk Stout Nitro

Polestar Pilsner

Stranger Pale Ale w/ El Dorado Hops (firkin)

Tapping Party

W

6/11/2014

6PM

Comrade Brewing

Denver

Better ChocoLATE Than Never! Porter

W

6/11/2014

12PM

Copper Kettle Brewing

Denver

Passion Fruit IPA

Firkin Wednesday

Fruit Beer Month

W

6/11/2014

3PM

River North Brewery

Denver

Scotch Barrel J. Marie Saison

Wayward Wednesday

W

6/11/2014

3PM

Road 34

Fort Collins

New Belgium (TBD)

Odell Brewing (TBD)

FOCOllaboration Tapping Party

2 beers, 2 breweries

W

6/11/2014

6PM-9PM

Parry’s Pizza

Highlands Ranch

Renegade Brewing (TBD)

Offensively Delicious Brand Launch Party

W

6/11/2014

5PM

Front Range Brewing

Lafayette

TED’s Watermelon Ale

Small Batch Wednesday

W

6/11/2014

Elk Mountain Brewing

Parker

Pilsner Kellerbier

Firkin Wednesday

W

6/11/2014

4PM

High Hops Brewery

Windsor

The Millennium Falcon White Session IPA

Firkin Hump Day

W

6/11/2014

5PM

Front Range BBQ

Colorado Springs

Upslope Brewing:

Stanky Leg Sour Mash Extra Pale Ale (collab w/ Barrel & Bottles)

Saison

Galactic Pale Ale (firkin)

Pumpkin Ale

Belgian-Style Pale Ale

Craft Lager

Focus on the Beer’s Meet the Brewer

Th

6/12/2014

7PM

Comrade Brewing

Denver

Maple Bacon Koffee Kream Stout

Cask, limited

Th

6/12/2014

3:30PM

Denver Bicycle Café

Denver

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse (TBD)

Meet the Brewer

Th

6/12/2014

7PM

Freshcraft

Denver

Breckenridge Brews Wayne

Hoppy amber ale made for the 2014 Denver Comic Con

Th

6/12/2014

7PM

Star Bar

Denver

Renegade Brewing:

Redacted Rye IPA

Elevation Triple IPA

5:00 Afternoon Ale

Consilium Pale Ale

Offensively Delicious Brand Launch Party

Th

6/12/2014

5PM

Station 26 Brewing

Denver

Amarillo Dry Hopped ESB

Australian Summer Dry Hopped ESB

Th

6/12/2014

Wazee Supper Club

Denver

Odell Brewing:

Loose Leaf Session Ale

Double Pilsner

Myrcenary Double IPA

Odell Pint Night

Th

6/12/2014

5PM-8PM

The Forge

Fort Collins

New Belgium and Odell Brewing FOCOllaboration American Pale Ale

Th

6/12/2014

4:05PM-6PM

Odd13 Brewing

Lafayette

Belgian Table Beer

Th

6/12/2014

LuLu’s BBQ

Louisville

Big Choice Brewing (TBD)

Tap Takeover

Th

6/12/2014

5PM

Dry Dock Brewing

Aurora

El Guapo with Cumin, Black Pepper, & Lime Zest

Firkin Friday

F

6/13/2014

3PM-6PM

Avery Brewing

Boulder

Eremita VII Blonde Sour

Aged in oak barrels for 5 months, and then blended with fresh hand-sliced cucumbers and whole-leaf hibiscus flowers

F

6/13/2014

5PM

Wild Woods Brewery

Boulder

Tropical Paradise Imperial IPA

F

6/13/2014

6:30PM

Brewer’s Republic

Colorado Springs

Avery Brewing (TBD)

Funkwerks (TBD)

Tap Takeover

F

6/13/2014

4PM-7PM

TRiNiTY Brewing

Colorado Springs

Elektrick Cukumbahh Saison d’été

F

6/13/2014

Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew

Denver

Roggenbier

Collab w/ Renegade

F

6/13/2014

6PM

The Source

Denver

Verboten Brewing (TBD)

At the common area bar

F

6/13/2014

5PM-10PM

Fort Collins Brewery

Fort Collins

Out of the Ashes: Smoked IPA

Fifth beer in the Out of the Ashes series

F

6/13/2014

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse

Loveland

Peach Beer

Firkin Friday

F

6/13/2014

High Hops Brewery

Windsor

Dr. Pat’s IPA #13

Citra hops and an extra three pounds of Cascades

F

6/13/2014

Copper Kettle Brewing

Denver

Dangerous Dan American Pale Wheat Summer Ale

Sa

6/14/2014

12PM

River North Brewery

Denver

Oud Bruin

Aged for 20 months in the barrel, also available in bottles

Sa

6/14/2014

1PM

The Source

Denver

Verboten Brewing (TBD)

At the common area bar

Sa

6/14/2014

12PM-10PM

Stapleton Tap House

Denver

Odell Brewing Dr. Acula Oak Aged Black Ale

S

6/15/2014

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse

Loveland

King’s Son IPL

S

6/15/2014

Stapleton Tap House

Denver

Telluride Brewing Greaky Fish Belgian Double IPA

Monday’s Keg

M

6/16/2014

Did we miss something? Has your brewery released something new we should know about? I am only human, so please let me know what’s new and on deck to be tapped by filling out this nifty form or going old-school via shea@denveroffthewagon.com

About Shea Suski

Transportation planner by trade, craft beer and BBQ enthusiast by life. And scotch. Oh, and live music. Maybe some biking and hiking between beers. He'll beat you at bowling too.